Lee County's most prestigious and profitable fundraiser is mere days away. Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest kicks off Friday night with 10 exclusive vintner dinners that will be held in homes around the area. More than a dozen local chefs are kicking things into high gear in anticipation of these dinners, and of the [...]
Executive Chef Brent Moore at Tiburon Golf Club in North Naples has been a kind of Johnny Appleseed in reverse. He's gathered choice morsels from Colorado to New York to Texas and points between. Sometimes, he found them at culinary school, but most often at internships, paying jobs and even in unpaid stints learning from [...]
Trustees, dinner hosts, sponsors and their guests gathered at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa for a 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest auction preview. The SWFL Children's Charities' two-day signature event, scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28, raises funds for local children's charities. Chef-Vintner Dinners will be held Friday evening in [...]
SWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES pledged $10 million for the new Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. Trustees hope to fulfill that pledge with proceeds from the 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest. The only facility of its kind between Tampa and Miami makes it possible for Southwest Florida children to receive extraordinary medical care near their [...]
In the News: The News-Press Myriad Cellars, Quivet Cellars join SWFL Wine & Food FestMyriad Cellars and Quivet Cellars have joined the 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest as signature vintners for the SWFL Children's Charities' two-day signature event, scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28, to raise funds for local children's charities. Mike Smith [...]
IN THE NEWS: Florida Weekly Myriad Cellars and Quivet Cellars have joined the 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest as signature vintners for the SWFL Children's Charities' signature event Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28, to raise funds for local children's charities. Mike Smith founded Myriad Cellars, which is based in St. Helena, Calif., releasing [...]
Get ready for a weekend of fine wine, food and friends. The Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest is the two-day, signature event of Southwest Florida Children's Charities Inc. Wine Spectator ranked this event No. 4 on its April 2014 list of Top 10 U.S. Charity Wine Auctions of 2013. The SWFL Wine & Food [...]
Myriad Cellars and Quivet Cellars have joined the 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest as signature vintners for the SWFL Children's Charities' two-day signature event, scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28, to raise funds for local children's charities. Mike Smith founded Myriad Cellars, which is based in St. Helena, California, releasing his first vintage [...]